The smiths of Old Norway could never have pulled it off so well.
And drinking glasses, too. Skold!
Modern Viking Armour and Weaponry in Reykjavik
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Monthly Archives: March 2019
How to Beat the Icelandic Weather
Well, you can’t beat rain, snow, ice and muck, but you can be cleverer.
Note that in Reykjavik, if you park your car just right, at least one passenger (your sweetie, maybe?) can get in and out with dry feet. Now, that’s true love.
Improvisation vs. Subsidization: Class Power, the Icelandic Way
Iceland has one of the highest divides between wealthy and poverty people in the world. One result is that private construction is improvised and not meant to last.
Frakkastigur, Reykjavik
While government construction is sturdy and maintained.
The Church at Borg
This is not new. Private, circa 1945:
Private, 2016:
Government:
Looking out from the Harpa Concert Hall over the New Harbour in Reykjavik
Well, OK, government-financed completion of failed rich man’s extravagance. That’s part of the picture, too.
Beach Wrack in Iceland Washes High Up On Shore
The sky cries tears in Iceland. Viennese waltzes warping in a banana box in a window, old hi-fi junk, and all the books of the world wash up on the shore otherwise called Hverfisgata.
Not much different than a knot of broken fishing nets and cast-off plastic knocking against the knees of kelp-eating sheep, really.
Oðin’s House
In case you wondered, Oðin is alive and well and living in Reykjavik.
Two Ravens in Reykjavik
On a pension, nothing fancy. He still has his wits about him though.
At Dawn, Iceland is Four Worlds at Once
At first, dawn is pure light.
þingvellavatn
Then it reveals another world.
Then it turns blue. The other world is still there, but white now.
Then there are colours, and mountains, as the two worlds join.
When you count the houses built at þingvellir each time Iceland enacts a new constitution, that’s three worlds. Well, four if you count the ice.
A Farm in Iceland 